Minneapolis park planners have scaled back a proposal that would have pushed cars off Minnehaha Parkway, responding to a flood of opposition from neighborhood residents.

The idea to modify the roadway had called for concrete medians at multiple intersections to block through-traffic, forcing cars to turn off the parkway in hopes of improving safety for cyclists and pedestrians. But an updated proposal unveiled this week removes two medians — at Nicollet and Lyndale avenues — and leaves longer stretches of Minnehaha Parkway open to drivers.

Project manager Adam Arvidson said that the Park Board staff and design team presented the new plan to address the public’s concerns.

“As the community has rightly pointed out, the medians at Nicollet and Lyndale aren’t providing any particular safety or environmental benefit,” Arvidson said, noting the safety benefits of separate trails for cyclists in those areas. “They were merely blocking traffic.”